Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds his boss's enemies almost overwhelming.
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a ...
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival ...
A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As...
When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer m...
Bored Hatamoto film #19
A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the rut...
Keinosuke (Masakazu Tamura) is a ronin (wandering samurai) who lives on the streets although he is a...
Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Em...
A rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his b...
Set at the end of the Sengoku period to early Edo period, "Sanada Ten Braves" follows 10 members of ...
Yoshitsune Minamoto, disguised with his retinue as monks, must make do with a comical porter as thei...
The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shog...
Getting an opportunity to meet with another half-Caucasian swordsman, Kyoshiro finds himself involve...
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life...
"Tsubaki Sanjuro" is a remake of Sanjuro (1962) by Akira Kurosawa. Sanjuro returns with sharper, fas...
Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed ...